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Golden Gate Park
Music Concourse
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As a gift from the Beethoven Men’s Choir, the dedication of this statue coincided with the attendance of the Choir at the Pan Pacific International Exposition and a grand concert of Beethoven’s works held at the Civic Auditorium that evening (August 6, 1915). The monument, which was draped in American and German flags for the unveiling is a replica of the Henry Baerer work that stands in Central Park. The bronze copy was cast at the Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company of Mt. Vernon, NY.
Heinrich Baerer was born in Kirchhain, Kurhessen, Germany, in 1837. He first came to America in 1854 and changed his name to Henry. He later returned to Germany to be a student at the Royal Academy in Munich. He died in the Bronx on December 6, 1908.
Wow, I love Beethoven 🙂
Nice shots of these statues and thanks for the info as well.
Very majestic! 🙂 Thank you for sharing them!
I love the info! Make me want to visit.
Such a stern visage, but a nice memorial to the musician. I always thought, though, that Beethoven was one of those St. Bernard dogs that brought booze to people stranded in the snow! 🙂
Like Lowell, I thought he was looking rather fierce too.
Beautiful shot! I miss GG Park.
Happy Sunday.
🙂
Traci
I wonder if Beethoven’s face would have cracked if he’d smiled???
Hehehehe
I love the expression on his face.
Thanks for always sharing great background information! I’m trying to place where the music concourse is in the park – not quite sure.
Beethoven looks a little angry. I wonder why?
Hi thank you for stopping by my blog! I visited San Francisco a couple of years ago – very briefly – and loved Golden Gate Park . Thank you for sharing your photos and the info 🙂 Have an amazing week.
This is an excellent and informative series on Golden Gate Park!
Beethoven must have been a serious character.
I have decided that America is very keen on it’s statues, far more so than we are in the UK… this is a good thing I think and one we should follow suit on.
Mollyxxx